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Hito Steyerl, an internationally renowned filmmaker and writer, opened a Feb. 21 lecture at the Yale School of Art (YSA) with an image of “Salvator Mundi,” an oil painting of Christ attributed to Leonardo da Vinci that sold at auction in November for $450.3 million, a record sale price.
The painting shows Jesus giving a benediction with this right hand while holding a transparent crystal orb in his left.
Steyerl, a Hayden Distinguished Fellow at YSA, compared the orb to the spherical lenses in a virtual-reality headset. She noted that spheres feature prominently in virtual-reality: Clicking on a spherical icon often transports users into realistic virtual worlds.
“I imagine one could click on the ‘Salvator Mundi’ sphere and then find oneself in this scene here,” she said, and presented a recent Facebook 360 video, a platform in which viewers experience a scene in 360 degrees. It featured an avatar of CEO Mark Zuckerburg

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Sony Gears Up for Eventual Rebound in Smartphone Camera Demand
(Bloomberg) -- Sony Group Corp. plans to buy more land near its image sensor factory in Japan’s Kumamoto prefecture to expand its market share in the growing business of powering camera smartphones.
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The Tokyo-based company, which supplies devices including Apple Inc.’s iPhones, said Thursday it’s in talks to acquire 27 hectares of land for expansion in Koshi, Kumamoto, to the northwest of Sony’s existing factory. It could invest several hundred billion yen on a second factory at the new site, local newspaper Kumamoto Nichinichi reported earlier.
The company now expects its share of the global image sensor market to hit 60% by the business year starting April 2025, the head of Sony’s chip business, Terushi Shimizu, said at an investors relations event. It commands a little over half the market’s revenues now.
That’s despite a “tougher market environment” this fiscal year for image sensors, Shimizu said. The bulk of Sony’s sensors are used in smartphones, which has suffered double-digit declines particularly in China, the world’s biggest mobile market.
“While we are keeping future uncertainties in mind, we are preparing for the long term, to ensure we can capture growth opportunities when the market recovers in the future,” Shimizu said.
Sony is also chasing growing demand for automotive image sensors, whose ability to capture images for analysis are essential for self-driving cars. The company expects revenue for car sensors to double in the year to March, and aims for profitability in one to two years, Shimizu said.
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Bay Breeze Patio is celebrating its 11th year serving the Emerald Coast with a two-day anniversary event, March 27-28, 2015. The celebration features outdoor living experts from the most popular furniture brands, fireplace and fire pit experts, grill masters from premium grill lines, sale prices and more. “Our anniversary is the perfect time to celebrate outdoor living and thank all of our loyal customers and the community for their support and patronage over the years,” said co-owner Susan Kiley. “We hope everyone will stop by during the weekend, which includes delicious food, and incredible sales to help get everyone ready for spring.”
The festivities begin at 10 a.m. on Friday with representatives from premier outdoor furniture brands, premium grill lines, hearth products and decorative accessories, providing demonstrations and answering questions. Outdoor living experts from Tropitone, Lane Venture, Lloyd Flanders, Windham & Skyline, Tommy Bahama, and Poly-wood, among others will be on hand to answer questions and provide expert advice and recommendations.
On Saturday, at 2 p.m., Bay Breeze Patio will host the third annual “Burger Throwdown” grilling competition. I was on hand to judge this delicious event last year where Grill masters with Big Green Egg, AOG & FireMagic, Broilmaster, Twin Eagle Grills, Delta Heat Grills, Wilmington Grills, and Memphis Wood Fire Grills compete for the title of “Best Burger on the Coast”. Teams must incorporate one of the Wayne’s Get Grillin’ Rubs in their burger creation. Judges this year will include local chefs and media.
Throughout the weekend, Bay Breeze Patio will offer special
pricing on premium outdoor furniture brands, including Brown Jordan, Jensen Leisure IPE, Tropitone, Seaside Casual, Breezesta, Poly-wood, Lloyd Flanders, Lane Venture, Summer Classics, Winston and Tommy Bahama. In addition, premium grills, including Twin Eagles, Delta Heat, Echelon, AOG, and Broilmaster will be discounted 20 percent. Gas log sets by Empire Comfort, Superior and RH Peterson will also be discounted up to 20 percent. A truckload sale of florals, trees and artwork will help residents prepare their patio for spring.
The anniversary event will take place rain or shine at Bay Breeze Patio in Miramar Beach from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Fri. and Sat. Bay Breeze Patio is located at 32 Forest Shore Drive in Miramar Beach, one mile west of Silver Sands Premium Outlets. For more information call 850.269.4666 or visit www.baybreezepatio.com.


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In corporate America, the basic business model says the cream is at the top and the dredges are at the bottom. Wal-Mart boasts of rolling back prices to bring economic relief to its consumers. But something is wrong with this picture. One suggestion is that the vast majority of Wal-Mart’s workforce is living just below the poverty line. They receive no benefits, and many qualify for food stamps. Yet this family-owned mom and pop mega-chain boasts its chief executive officer earned $23.2 million last year.
Some say changes are brewing as the new CEO steps in next year. Others say why rock the boat when the profits are booming. Yet labor disputes have been on the front page of the newspapers for months. Wal-Mart has some of the most valuable retail reputations the world over. It had revenue of $469 billion this year, and its $27.8 billion in profits are staggering. Yet the numbers say the average Wal-Mart worker makes just over $18,000 a year – the figure is based on a 40-hour work week for a year and without any taxes taken out. However, according to OUR Walmart, the average salary works out to about $9 an hour, with most employees only working 34 hours each week. Using those numbers, the average salary is only $15,500.
This is not the first time grumbling grievances have surfaced against the mega-retailer. Just recently, a large group protested outside a West Coast store and resulted in 50 arrests. At the center of the dispute is the desire for the workers to have a fair working wage. This concerns all of the country, since the federal subsidies most workers are eligible for is $44 million – just in California alone.
Reports indicate that the company continues to make money hand over first, but very little of this trickles down to its hard-workers. In a recent CNN report, it was claimed that the store could grant its employees double what they are earning now and still make their shareholders happy. An 10 percent raise was used by Google a few years ago, and it eventually raised the price of Google shares 60 percent.
If Wal-Mart wants to roll back its prices, it should consider fair pay practices so the employees can join the ranks of those who are not having to dip into food stamps and housing allowance to subsidize their salaries.
ibtimes.com, “Wal-Mart Says ‘Save Money Live Better,’ But Workers Don’t Make Living Wage And Rely On State Benefits” Christopher Harress, Nov. 27, 2013


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Chinese Appetites Continue Craving U.S. Beef
“It restricts their mobility. I would say the largest impact has been on restaurants, in these lockdowns, restaurants are often told to shut down, and that takes out that food service component from demand. Now, a lot of that has been made up from retail purchases. You see record beef imports this year into China, so overall demand has been resilient, but we’d love to have everything open.”
Because of the lockdowns, Haggard says food service has gotten creative.
“In terms of eCommerce and delivery, China is one of the most advanced in the world. They got fantastic tech there, they built out the supply chains for E-commerce out beyond the top-tier cities into the fifth-tier cities, so we now have a much larger supply chain network for our products to make it out to even the smaller fourth and fifth tier towns.”
While these lockdowns have hindered the ability of the United States to sell as many pounds of beef as they would like to China, Haggard said there is still a lot of demand out there.


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Lightbeam.tv, the streaming platform powered by “branded video-on-demand” and dedicated to closing the empathy gap through inspiring stories, is proud to announce the release of Cielo, a powerful film project created in partnership with premier beverage brand YOLA Mezcal. Cielo (which means “heaven”), paints a powerful picture of Indigenous communities in the U.S.
The story is told through the lens of Odilia Romero, the founder of an organization that supports 30 different Indigenous communities of Los Angeles through translation as well as a connection to culture, food, and community. Cielo is directed by award-winning documentary and commercial filmmaker Catherine Yrisarri, whose work has been featured by National Geographic, Netflix, OWN, and the New York Times.
“This film is the start of a bigger conversation on Indigenous issues ignited by the power and possibility of the organization Cielo and through the lens of the indomitable Odilia Romero,” said Yrisarri. “She offers a clear perspective on migration, language and visibility while helping us connect with our collective migrant narrative in the United States.”
“YOLA’s ethos lies in preserving traditional techniques of making mezcal and celebrating the incredible richness of Indigenous Oaxacan culture,” said Gina Correll Aglietti, CEO, YOLA. “We were so moved by the work that Cielo is doing to preserve Indigenous communities residing in Los Angeles and the help they are providing so that these courageous people have the resources they need to survive and thrive here.”
“Lightbeam’s mission is to help our brand partners connect meaningfully with a global audience in a values-aligned economy where consumers prefer brands that stand for something,” said Parker Williams, who founded Lightbeam along with Stephanie Sharis. “We are incredibly proud to partner with YOLA for this powerful Cielo project.”
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Apple has been rumored to be working on a 10.2-inch iPad for months now. And once again we hear it could finally launch this fall.
According to a new report from DigiTimes this week, Apple is planning on launching the oft-rumored 10.2-inch iPad this fall. If this is indeed the case, then Apple will effectively be replacing the 9.7-inch iPad it launched a couple of years ago with this newer model.
The report states that the new 10.2-inch iPad will launch sometime in “late third quarter”, but no specific date was revealed. However, to meet that supposed deadline then Apple would need to launch the new tablets before the end of September.
That may mean we see the new iPad unveiled on stage along with the new iPhone lineup.
The launch window is the only thing about the rumored 10.2-inch iPad that still seems to be an unknown quantity at this point. A September launch wouldn’t be completely out of the ordinary for Apple, but the company does typically like to wait until October to launch most of its tablet lineup.
The 10.2-inch iPad itself, though, seems to be a foregone conclusion at this point. The tablet has been rumored frequently enough. That includes several different iPad models running iPadOS that have been filed with the Eurasian Economic Commission.
Will we see a new 10.2-inch iPad unveiled in September? Maybe! But it’s also possible Apple releases the product later, sometime in October. It all comes down to whether or not the company feels like the changes made in the new tablet are worth putting it on stage or not.
Either way, it sounds like the new model will arrive this year. Depending on features and price, do you think you’ll consider a 10.2-inch iPad?


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U.S. stocks that focus on the growing affluent consumer in China are doing very well as I’ve mentioned in prior reports.
Here are four company updates of stocks we recommend to take advantage of their strength in China.
CNOOC Limited (NYSE:CEO) received a report from ConocoPhillips China Inc., the Operator of the Penglai 19-3 oilfield, stating that a small amount of oil leaked to the sea late at night on June 3 when a safety device on a hose coupling opened in response to an abnormality during oil transfer.
The automatic isolation system kicked in immediately to secure the source of the leak as designed, and at maximum only 0.6 tons of oil was released. Cleanup started immediately, and by the next afternoon there was no spilled oil detectable by the monitoring system. Oil spill liability has become an important issue for offshore oil companies such as CNOOC. The effectiveness of safety devices like the ones used here makes offshore drilling safer and cleaner, reducing this liability.
Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) is reportedly planning to replace Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) Maps software with its own mapping program as the default mapping system on its iPhone and iPad devices. This may gain AAPL more control over user experience, etc.
According to the reports, the plan has been in works for a while but sped up as sales of Android smartphones passed sales of iPhone. I think this will give consumers another reason to buy the iPhone instead of Android-based phones.
Separately, a district court judge declined to grant a ban on Samsung‘s (PINK:SSNLF) Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet in the U.S., saying that it cannot do so prior to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issuing a mandate in the patent suit Apple first leveled at Samsung last year.
AAPL, however, can renew the request once that has happened. Apple and Samsung are close competitors and now collectively hold nearly 50% of the smartphone market share. Canaccord Genuity technology analyst Michael Walkly calculated that the two enjoy a combined 99% of the operating profit for the handset industry as a whole.
Starbucks (NYSE:SBUX) will invest $100 million to acquire San Francisco bakery chain Bay Bread from the Next World Group. The deal is expected to be closed during SBUX’s fiscal fourth quarter. Through the purchase of Bay Bread, Starbuck will roll out new products at its stores based on the Bay Bread’s La Boulange recipes. Starbucks also plans to expand La Boulange from 19 cafes into a national chain. The bakery will continue to supply its existing restaurant, hotel and specialty grocery store customers. In the short run, however, the deal may reduce second half EPS by around 2 cents for fiscal 2012. I have always felt that food quality is Starbuck’s greatest weakness, and this acquisition might be able to fix that.
Baidu (NASDAQ:BIDU) plans to generate revenue from non-search services by doing online marketing through its popular Baidu Tieba online forum. Xiang Hailong, Baidu’s Vice President of Commercial Operations, said the company may make money by allowing its clients to market products and services on Baidu Tieba (literally “Baidu Paste Bar”–a reference to the way the forums are created by users online). The communication platform, which is Baidu’s biggest, has more than 2 million “bars,” or opinion forums.


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DETROIT – General Motors on Thursday said that it would upgrade the steel structure and liquid cooling system that surround the battery in its Chevrolet Volt to address concerns that the car could catch fire after a severe crash.
Company officials said they have shared their plans with the federal safety regulators who have been investigating the fire risks of the Volt, an electricity and gas-powered hybrid, since November and are “optimistic” the action will satisfy the government’s concerns.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, in a statement on its website, said the changes “should address the issue,” although its investigation remained open.
GM described the modifications as voluntary “enhancements” and stressed that neither the car nor the battery was being recalled, but all Volt owners would be asked to take the car to a dealership, much as they would for a formal recall.
“We are choosing to go the extra mile to ensure our customers’ peace of mind,” Mary Barra, GM’s senior vice president of global product development, said on a conference call. Barra said the changes would make the car “even safer, because the Volt is safe.”
In June, a Volt caught fire three weeks after a government crash test damaged the car’s battery and cooling system, and further testing in November resulted in a second fire that prompted the investigation.
On Thursday, GM said four crash tests of Volts with the reinforced steel and upgraded cooling system were successful, with no intrusion to the battery and no coolant leakage.
The safety agency said it also subjected a modified Volt to the same test Dec. 22 that led to the original fire, with no signs of the damage that is believed to have been the cause.
The agency said it was continuing to monitor that car but expected to conclude its investigation in the coming weeks. It said testing had indicated that there was no fire risk if the battery pack was not damaged or no coolant leaks.
GM is adding a piece of steel to protect the battery more during a side-impact crash. Unlike batteries in the Nissan Leaf and new Ford Focus electric cars, the Volt’s battery is not entirely encased in steel.
The Volt’s battery-coolant reservoir also will get a sensor to monitor the level of fluid and a tamper- resistant bracket to help prevent overfilling.
GM has sold about 8,000 Volts since the car was introduced in late 2010.


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Cash markets in Wall Street set for a positive opening as the Nasdaq, S&P 500 and Dow Jones futures trading higher after White Houses advisor Kudlow said that a trade deal is coming soon. Encouraging macro data might further boost the sentiment in Wall Street. US Retail Sales report for October will be out at 1330 GMT and is expected to rebound from disappointing figures in September.
Analysts expect US retail sales to register a 0.3% gain in October, the September reading came in at -0.3% below the market consensus of 0.2%. Weak auto sales will keep sales subdued for October despite solid consumer spending.
The Empire Manufacturing index may hit a six-month high in November, despite a slower industrial production in October, and higher business inventories.
Even worse macro data wouldn’t hurt sentiment, as stock investors know that the Fed has got their back either way.


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With football fans counting down the days until training camps open in July, the National Football League (NFL) has announced plans to make the upcoming season even more interesting to drinks lovers with its first-ever spirits sponsorship.
The nation’s highest-grossing sport is teaming up with Diageo, the largest producer of Scotch whisky in the world, known for iconic brands, including Bailey’s, Tanqueray, Johnnie Walker, Don Julio, Crown Royal Canadian Whisky, Smirnoff Vodka, and Captain Morgan Spiced Rum.
“NFL games have the powerful ability to bring people together, and that very much ties into what our brands at Diageo are all about: bringing people together to celebrate life,” remarked Ed Pilkington, chief marketing and innovation officer for Diageo North America in Wednesday’s press release.
While Bud Light, a product of Anheuser-Busch InBev, has a long-standing relationship with the league, and Crown Royal has been affiliated since 2017, the new partnership will crown Diageo as the first official spirits sponsor of the NFL. During the first year, Diageo will focus on promoting Captain Morgan, Crown Royal, and Smirnoff.
Diageo is seeking to capitalize on the league’s popularity with the agreement. The NFL is an advertising powerhouse (revenues exceed $13 billion per year), with the capacity to reach hundreds of millions of passionate consumers.
Strict advertising regulations pertaining to alcohol prevented spirits manufacturers from developing marketing plans in-line with beer producers in the past, but times are slowly changing. Diageo broke ground in 2004 by partnering with NASCAR, and the company already has agreements with twelve individual NFL teams.
While the terms of the deal remain undisclosed, Sports Business Journal estimates its value as $30 million per year. The multi-year agreement with the league includes a number of opportunities for fans to engage with the brands at stadia, while at-home viewers can expect to see content broadcast and published all season long, from Kickoff to the Super Bowl. Captain Morgan will also be a presenting sponsor of the NFL’s popular Fan of the Year contest.
As football games and weekend get-togethers go hand-in-hand, here’s to the combination of two favorite pastimes: sports and spirits.


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Would you dare to wear hairy leggings? Fashion company creates comedy clothes that let you wear OTHER people's bodies
- Earlier this month, images of a 'hairy swimsuit' caused a stir on social media
- Now a London company has unleashed 'hairy leggings' and 'spotty bum' pants
- Contrado says demand for 'intimate' prints on clothing is growing fast
When a US company released a hairy chest swimsuit last month, the internet couldn't get enough of the $44 (£35) costume.
And now a British fabric design company has offered some more garments styled on the hairier species of the human race.
The most eye-catching of the range is a pair of hairy leggings - available in any skin tone you choose.
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Hirsuites you, madam: UK company Contrado has unleashed hairy leggings on the world
The images sent to MailOnline show a model wearing the leggings with trainers, a skirt and top.
In fact, the images of hairy legs are just photos printed on the leggings using the latest digital technology - but it isn't to tell when you're not close up.
The company behind the eyebrow-raising design say the boundaries are constantly being pushed for more outlandish ideas when it comes to clothing.
Editor Claire Belle Freed told MailOnline: 'As the trend for shocking or statement clothing is evolving, we are seeing more and more customers create outrageously funny, 'intimate' and even taboo designs.
The trend for wearing other people's bodies is growing says UK design company Contrado who can put any design on clothing
The eyebrow-raising design shows off what appears to be male legs. The range also includes a digital image of someone's - slightly spotty - derriere printed on a pair of pants
Not for the faint-hearted, this pair of pants makes one look naked, while still wearing underwear
'From naked body parts on men’s boxers and women’s underwear, superfan designs of their favourite celebs, to very clever and witty slogans on our t-shirts and dresses, there isn’t anything we haven’t seen – or anything that shocks us anymore!'
The internet went wild earlier this month for the $44 (£35) hairy swimming costume, designed by US brand Beloved Shirts, after it was shown to the company's 105,000 Instagram followers.
Earlier this month, US company Beloved Shirts revealed it had designed a range of $44 (£35) 'hairy chest swimsuits', which caused a stir on its social media page
The 'Sexy Chest One Piece Swimsuit' comes with the slogan: 'Make the pool boy say "WTF!"' and is the latest in a string of quirky designs from the company, whose own tagline is 'Yep - they're real!'
The costume is available in sizes from XS to XXL and is offered in 'dark' and 'tan'.
Unsurprisingly, the photos, caused more than a few ripples, with plenty of people saying they 'needed' them in their lives.
Others tagged friends who were about to go on batchelorette parties suggesting they buy one while others admitted they wanted one all to themselves - but in a different shade.
Swim when you're winning! A male perches on the side of a bathtub in the Sexy Chest costume
The swimwear, called 'Sexy Chest One Piece Swimsuit' is digitally printed with the torso of a hairy male. And just in case you were wondering, it's an image that continues round the back
The comedy cozzie also comes in a 'dark' shade, although the same image has been used it appears. Right: The back of the 'dark' swimming costume
Lighter shade of pale: The hair stretches from around the nipples to down the not-quite-a-six-pack abs. Meanwhile, behind, there's a lower back gap in the hairiness before normal service resumes towards the buttocks
While many of those on social media questioned whether the outlandish swimwear was actually a joke, merely created in Photoshop, it seems that hairy chest swimming costumes are a real thing that can be purchased via the company's website.
And if you want a full hairy body tracksuit, you can bag one of those while you're there too - a snip at $119.
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Retail sales started to bounce back last month — but still have a long way to go to return to pre-coronavirus levels.
Total retail and food service sales jumped a seasonally adjusted 17.7 percent in May from April, but compared to a year earlier, sales last month were still down 6.1 percent.
Apparel and accessories specialty stores showed the largest month-to-month gain, rising 188 percent in May compared with April, although the sector was still down 63.4 percent from a year earlier.
Department stores sales rose 36.9 percent from April and were down 25.8 percent from a year earlier.
General merchandise stores overall — a category that includes department stores as well as retailers such as Target and Walmart that sell essentials — were up 6 percent last month from April and flat versus a year ago.
After three months of relative lockdown, people are coming back to stores and even New York City, the initial COVID-19 epicenter, is open for curbside pick-up.
Wall Street has been searching for direction amid a jumbled mass of data detailing the unprecedented time and has lately been shifting between a comeback rally and worries over a second wave of infections.
The sales figures help push the bullish sentiment to the fore. The Dow Jones Industrial Average increased 2 percent, 526.82 points, to 26,289.98 on Tuesday. Among the retailer gainers were: Nordstrom Inc., up 12.9 percent to $19.50; Kohl’s Corp., 9 percent to $24.82; Gap Inc., 8.5 percent to $11.38; Capri Holdings, 8.2 percent to $18.40; Abercrombie & Fitch Co., 7.6 percent to $12.32; Urban Outfitters Inc., 6.5 percent to $18.35; Macy’s Inc., 6.3 percent to $7.64, and TJX Cos. Inc., 5.6 percent to $55.55.
“The [month sales] report is a blockbuster, demonstrating the indomitable strength of the American consumer,” said Craig Johnson, president of Customer Growth Partners. “Despite the crisis headlines, millions unemployed, civic protests and COVID-19 spikes, the American consumer is back and spending, like she has never been — as long as someone in the house has a job. Add to these 105 million households the government transfers and the record 33 percent personal savings rate, the consumer economy is like a coiled spring, just now being unleashed despite the troubling exogenous events.”
Johnson said the question now is how sustainable the growth will be.
“We are by no means out of the woods, but the consumer economy is clearly on the rebound,” he said. “And, based on our nationwide field teams surveys, consumers are returning to their more normal spending patterns: no more stockpiling of toilet paper, sanitizers, flour and yeast. But a return to spending on discretionary goods: everything from kayaks and paddle boats to home furnishings, outdoor/patio living, and exercise and sports gear.”
Still, there are plenty of lingering doubts. The rates of new infections have been rising in many U.S. states as people come out of their homes and start to circulate more — with or without masks meant to slow the pandemic.
Even if consumers do come back in full force, the same might not be true for retail, which has been slimming during the shutdown. Even strong players, like Nordstrom, have closed some stores for good, while others have filed for bankruptcy, including Neiman Marcus, J. Crew and J.C. Penney.
But there are also renewed hopes that the economic fallout might not last as long as some have been fearing.
Economic forecasting firm IHS Markit said Tuesday: “Ironically — and mercifully — the recessions triggered by the coronavirus disease 2019 [COVID-19] pandemic in the developed economies are likely to have been short. IHS Markit estimates that the recession lasted two months in the U.S. and eurozone (March and April) and three months in the U.K. (March, April, and May). For the U.S. economy, this would be the shortest recession on record (back to the 1850s). The prior record for the shortest recession was the six-month-long downturn in 1980.”


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Zee World is proud to announce a partnership with Soweto Fashion Week (SFW) 2016. The fashion showcase will commence on Wednesday, 23 November 2016 and run through to Saturday, 26 November at the Soweto Theatre.
Zee World viewers and new audiences will get an opportunity to engage with the brand at this annual event, as it serves as is a great platform to highlight the Zee brand and offerings to a very important market. Zee Entertainment CEO Harish Goyal says:
“Zee World is excited to be part of Soweto Fashion Week. We truly believe that this will be an integral partnership going forward, with great success.”
Soweto Fashion Week aims to develop and empower young fashion designers and continues to uplift young talent. The purpose of this event is to develop, uplift and empower young upcoming fashion creatives, designers, models, upcoming artists and brands respectively.
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Williams Murray Hamm has created a series of graphic identities for the Victoria & Albert Museum shop, the first phase of which were introduced last week. The ten individual identities, created for a five-figure sum, represent types of collections in the museum, entitled India, Islam, Fashion, Orient, Tudor and Stuart, Georgian and Victorian, as well as shop sections including books, jewellery and children. The graphics are designed to apply more logic to the products on display and establish clearer links between them and the actual collections, says V&A head of retail Jo Prosser. The graphics have been applied to a range of banners in the shop last week and will roll out in the next few weeks across signage labelling and packaging in the spring. They may be applied to interiors but no decision has yet been made, she says. ‘I didn’t want the graphic design work to be too didactic,’ Prosser says. The colours representing different collections, such as pink for India, should ultimately be recognised on their own, she adds. Williams Murray Hamm commissioned illustrator Ian Bilbey at the Central Illustration Agency to create the icons. The V&A logo, which is incorporated heavily across products sold in the shop, will remain a key feature, says Prosser. ‘The logo is very well-known and was not part of [Williams Murray Hamm’s] brief,’ she adds.
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Miami, U.S.A. — The largest 500 Latin American companies increased their revenues by 8.3 percent in 2011, the digital news service Latin Business Chronicle reports on its annual regional ranking. At the same time, profits for these companies tumbled 8.9 percent.
The reason behind these results? The positive figures were induced by sustained domestic demand growth, the publication states. The lackluster profit figures seem to be the result of the first landing of the developed world crisis in Latin shores, in this case, through lower commodity prices. This performance is also in line with the softening of regional economic growth which reached 4.5 percent in 2011, down from 6.2 in 2010.
The year was determined by the performance of companies in the energy industry. Ten out of the 20 largest by revenue were in the energy and most of them in the hydrocarbons industry. In fact the top three in the region were, by a wide lead, Petrobras, PDVSA and Pemex. Petrobras posted $130 billion revenues, PDVSA, a debutant in this ranking, $125 billion, and state-run Pemex $112 billion.
There are three retailers on the list of the 20 largest firms by revenues – Wal-Mart Mexico, Brazilian CBD and French Carrefour; two telecoms, Mexican America Movil and Spanish Telefonica; and an automobile manufacturer, German VW. The rest are Brazilians: miner Vale, steelmaker Gerdau, food company JBS, chemical Braskem and holding company Odebrecht.
Four companies rose to stardom in revenue growth in 2011. They more than doubled their sales income. Colombian gasoline retailer Biomax increased its revenue by 239 percent — US-based UAL, 193 percent; Brazilian retail Viavarejo, 117 percent; and Canadian-Colombian oil Exploration and Production Pacific Rubiales, 104 percent.
As far as profits, Brazilian companies were regional leaders, the Latin Business Chronicle report said. Vale, Petrobras and AmBev were ranked among the 10 largest profit generating companies. Again, four oil companies were on the 2011 top ten by profit list.


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This was reported by the "financial times deutschland" on thursday with reference to "high-ranking company insiders". It would be the first time that daimler opens a car model with the star for co-production. The inventor of the automobile has so far only been working with partners in certain areas. For a long time, the swabians have been worried about their weak return on investment despite good sales figures.
According to the paper, smaller mercedes models and cars from nissan’s premium subsidiary infiniti could roll off the production line together as early as 2016. The talk is of a smaller landing vehicle. Daimler did not comment on the information provided by the newspaper. A spokeswoman said on thursday: "we do not comment on speculation of this kind."
The expansion of the cooperation, however, fit into the picture. At the opening of the new plant in kecskemet, hungary, at the end of march this year, the dax group announced: "mercedes-benz cars will continue to strengthen its profitability through project-related cooperations, such as with renault/nissan, as well as through savings in the context of module and platform strategies and greater efficiency in the value chain."In the race for the crown in the premium segment, the swabians are currently lagging behind their rivals BMW and audi. In terms of cars sold, the competition earns more and is therefore more profitable in the overall structures of the core business. But daimler wants to be back at the forefront by 2020 at the latest.
With the french-japanese alliance, a number of projects and plans are already underway. From 2014, mercedes benz four-cylinder gasoline engines will be built at the nissan plant in tennessee, u.S.A. The partners are also considering joint production of the alternative fuel cell drive system. Cooperation has already gone furthest in the area of commercial vehicles, where the partners for japan have already agreed to exchange entire models. Daimler’s subsidiary fuso will also build the five-ton canter for nissan in the future. In return, nissan will produce a truck under five tons for fuso. Both companies thus close gaps in their product range.
A closer partnership with the compact cars would also be an option for cutting costs. Because in the battle to catch up with BMW and audi, daimler’s new compact car strategy will play a key role. Their margins are weaker, which puts the focus particularly on cost efficiency in production.
Examples of cross-brand cooperation in the premium market can be seen at volkswagen, for example. Even when porsche was not yet completely under the roof of wolfsburg, both sides worked closely together. The porsche cayenne land saloon is pre-assembled at the slovak VW plant in bratislava. This is also where the VW touareg, which is roughly identical in design, is being built. Porsche also uses VW plant capacity at the commercial vehicle location in hanover-stocken.
Porsche will install audi engines in the macan small gelandelimousine planned for 2014. The stuttgart-based company is also developing two so-called modular systems for VW. These cross-brand puzzle pieces are a good way to save money – from development to purchasing to production. This model was also an option for daimler and could find its extreme in a co-car production with nissan.
Circles close to the company confirmed to the news agency dpa on thursday that there were corresponding discussions. At the moment, however, the stuttgart-based company is doing a lot of math. Nothing has been decided.
The compact car family at daimler is to grow from two to five. Already known are the A and B classes. There will also be a small gelandelimousine and a four-door compact coupe below the c-class. Details of number five are still unofficial.
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PITTSBURGH — The hospitality industry has been rocked by the Covid-19 pandemic with restaurants and bars seeing some of the most drastic effects to date. It’s an industry that’s faced mandated shut down orders, customer capacity limits for indoor consumption of food and drink as well as other restrictions that have been imposed since March by local and state health officials to try and curb the spread of the coronavirus.
As a result of the pandemic, employment in the food industry has taken a direct hit. The Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry found in its September employment report that the Pittsburgh metropolitan statistical area had 57,700 workers in the “food services and drinking places” subcategory of the leisure and hospitality sector, a decrease of 31,300 or 35% from the 89,000 workers who held these jobs during the same time period last year.
The Pittsburgh region saw 739 businesses close their doors between March 1 and July 10 according to Yelp’s Economic Average report for the second quarter of 2020. Restaurants made up the largest grouping of the reported businesses that closed permanently, Yelp found.
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There, the company continued to flourish and when the opportunity came, they sold it in 2009. Strickland said after the sale of Veriforce, she and Graham began to look for another business opportunity that was not related to the oil and gas industry.
With her love for chocolate, and Graham's expertise in compliance issues that are important to know when dealing with the Food and Drug Administration's rules and regulations, they purchased the small fudge manufacturing company in Montgomery, just outside Houston.
As in their last business venture, the business partners worked out what role they would play in growing the business.
Graham's day-to-day responsibilities include the management of all warehouse operations include shipping and receiving and ensuring that their fudge company exceeds all government quality standards and requirements.
Strickland combines her two passions, business and fudge, and handles the day-to-day operations that include accounting, packaging and research and development, which entails creating new flavors.
With the QVC exposure, Strickland said the next step for the fudge company will be to expand its online gifting and the corporate gifts market.
"We can put company logos on gift boxes and with the long shelf life of the product, we hope to build up that part of our business. We have gained the attention of the stores and now we want to gain the attention of corporations and the public through our online sales," she added.
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Epson Europe has unveiled the second edition of its dedicated European Sustainability Report, 'The Green Choice', highlighting its ongoing commitment to environmental, societal and product sustainability alongside concrete sustainability achievements from 2018.
The report, a voluntary effort of the company towards a more sustainable future, tracks the progress of Epson Europe's sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives to date in alignment with the Science-Based Targets initiative (SBTi) and the UN's sustainable development goals (SDGs). It also outlines Epson's goals and ambitions for the future. The practical steps the company took in 2018 include schemes to reduce emissions, waste, energy and water use from the company's offices as well as its supply chain.
Building on the success of previous projects launched by the company, such as its robotics and textile printing programmes with universities, local school collaborations and international sponsorships, Epson Europe has announced a new educational scheme to support over 10,000 students of all ages. Entitled the 'New Horizons' initiative, the scheme is being developed across the 2019 financial year (up until April 2020) to elevate the understanding of sustainability, drawing from the company's expertise in sustainable technology, paper recycling, waste reduction and more.
Kazuyoshi Yamamoto, President of Epson Europe said, "initiatives like 'New Horizons' are just one piece of a global puzzle for Epson, recognising and acting on what we acknowledge as our responsibility as a global technology company. We must look beyond profit generation to long-term solutions, providing our customers and communities with products and services that not only meet their needs but exceed them."
Some highlights from 2018 CSR activities include:
Daniel Quelch, CSR and sustainability manager, Epson UK added, "sustainability is vital for the planet, but also for our business and our people. The process of non-financial reporting is very rewarding in evaluating where we are, where we still need to improve and how we can get there. We have and will continue to take this incredibly seriously."
To find out more, download Epson Europe's full 2018 Green Choice sustainability report here.


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Throughout modern history, many famous women have taken the ‘bold’ move of leaving the house with hairy pits.
Photographed and gawked at, they either got over shaving, took inspiration from that European stereotype people love to poke fun at, or don’t care what society has to say.
Closer to home, during the winter months many women grow out their hair only because shaving is such a lus and it gets covered up anyway.
But when summer rolls around, a whole lot more women will have “forgotten” to remove that “unsightly” hair – at least that’s according to analysts Mintel.
Their recent report showed that almost one in four young women has stopped shaving their underarms.
The research went on to state that “there has been a steady decline in millennial women removing hair from their legs and underarms,” reports The Telegraph.
In 2013 95 percent of women aged 16 to 24 said they removed hair from their underarms. In 2016, this had dropped to just 77 percent.
Leg-shaving is also falling out of fashion – in 2013 92 percent said they shaved their legs, a proportion which had fallen to 85 percent in 2016.
Industry figures show that sales of shaving and hair removal products fell by 5 percent between 2015 and 2016, from £598m to an estimated £567m.
And what’s to blame? Associate director in beauty and personal care at Mintel, Roshida Khanom, pointed fingers at the “wellness movement”.
Shaving foam and hair removal creams have already taken flak for being bad for the skin and then, well then, there’s clean eating.
“Clean eating is behind some of those changes. They’re worried about causing irritation from their skin because of these products.
We can also see that they’re doing other things instead – so 29 per cent say they’re adding steps to their skincare routine.
There’s also some pushing back against societal expectations of what women should look like.
On the flip side, men are just getting into the scene. Here are some interesting facts from the same Mintel report:
Growth in menswear is outstripping growth in women’s clothing. Figures show that the menswear market grew by 2.8 per cent while sales of women’s clothes grew by an estimated 1.3 per cent – the lowest level in five years.
Men’s increasing interest in image has driven growth in sales of conditioner, the report added. 70 per cent of men aged 16-24 now say that they use conditioner, an increase from 44 per cent in 2015.
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Three months after completing the $650 million acquisition of Donna Karan International, Morris Goldfarb, chairman and chief executive officer of G-III Apparel Group Ltd., has revealed his hand for the DKNY and Donna Karan brands.
On Monday, it was disclosed that G-III has forged a deal with Macy’s to carry DKNY women’s apparel, handbags and shoes, in addition to women’s and men’s outerwear and swim exclusively at Macy’s locations in the U.S. and on macys.com. The agreement calls for building in-store shops in the better sportswear departments. The shops will roll into Macy’s in the first quarter of 2018. Before then, Macy’s, as well as other department stores, will carry DKNY until it becomes a Macy’s exclusive.
“Macy’s has been an amazing trading partner for G-III for decades,” said Goldfarb in an exclusive interview with WWD. “We know the inner workings of Macy’s; they’ve truly partnered in building our business in most categories and classifications. The relationship is comfortable for both.”
According to Goldfarb, 2017 is “a bit of a stub year” for DKNY, since there’s merchandise in the pipeline that’s going to Macy’s and other retailers in the third and fourth quarters that was produced by G-III. DKNY will be available for the rest of the year at stores such as Dillard’s, The Bay and Bloomingdale’s. G-III has reached “an understanding” with the other major retailers that when the exclusive with Macy’s begins in the first quarter of 2018, the other retailers will get the Donna Karan brand. (Resort 2016 was Karan’s last designer collection.)
“We’re doing two brands,” said Goldfarb. “We’re launching DKNY for Macy’s and we’re launching Donna Karan for the other department stores. It will go on almost simultaneously.”
Donna Karan, which is being designed in-house by the G-III team, is at a price point that’s above DKNY. “It’s not where Donna Karan sits today. It’s an appropriate price point for Lord & Taylor, Bloomingdale’s and Dillard’s. It’s a notch up from DKNY, but not an incredible reach. It’s different fabrics; the aesthetic is more elegant and sophisticated. We have internal designers who are designing by classifications.”
Retail prices for DKNY range from $129 to $179 for day dresses; $260 to $500 for outerwear, and $148 to $348 for handbags. Fabrics include jersey, neoprene, lace, crepe, chiffon, cotton, textured soft satin, boucle, tech nylon, denim and leather. Donna Karan’s retail range is $180 to $350 for dresses; $350 to $800 for outerwear and $198 to $498 for handbags, far below the price points of what had been Donna Karan Collection when the brand was owned by LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton. Fabrics for the new line include jersey, cashmere, silk and leathers.
On Monday, G-III reported a net loss in the fourth quarter of $20.1 million and revenue of $603.3 million. For the year, G-III generated a profit of $51.9 million on revenues of $2.4 billion, up 2 percent from a year ago.
Goldfarb directly controls 7.8 percent of G-III, or 3.8 millions shares. That stake was valued at $74.3 million as of the close Monday, when the company’s quarterly report disappointed, prompting investors to send the stock down 14.1 percent to $19.69.
Despite having several discussions with the person Donna Karan, who stepped down as chief designer of her namesake company in June 2015, Goldfarb said she is not involved in the new Donna Karan brand. “We tried to stay as close to Donna’s heritage as we could. We used her archives, and tried to assemble collections that use her terminology, such as ‘Seven Easy Pieces,’” said Goldfarb.
The Macy’s deal for DKNY, which had been a powerhouse of urban-inspired sportswear in the Nineties but has been challenged in recent years, can be a “win-win” for both parties, he believes. “We wanted to build a model relationship. This is it. There was a confidence level they would fulfill their obligations contractually. They [Macy’s] stepped in fairly early identifying this as an opportunity for them, as well as G-III,” he added.
He said he approached Macy’s “understanding their needs and the pace that retail is changing and the department store business is changing, and they needed solutions for the future, as I did. And they’re of the scale that could support the business I need to rationalize the value of the brand.”
The agreement further strengthens the ties between the two companies. G-III last year struck a multiyear deal with PVH Corp. to make Tommy Hilfiger’s women’s sportswear for exclusive in-store shops at Macy’s, and Macy’s (as well as other department stores) does a big business in Calvin Klein sportswear, which is also made by G-III.
Architectural firm Bergmeyer is designing the DKNY in-store shops, and they’re currently evaluating the number and appropriate locations for them. “It will be in the area near Calvin, Ralph, Michael Kors. It will be a well-profiled brand for Macy’s,” said Goldfarb.
Goldfarb said the company does well when it divides collections into classifications. In addition to the Karan sportswear line, there will be an active piece under Donna Karan. Noting G-III is known “as one of the best coat-makers in the country,” he said there will be a coat classification that will be carried in coat areas. There will be Karan handbags and footwear, which will be launched simultaneously in the third and fourth quarter, he said.
DKNY has several key licensing partners that will stay intact, such as its biggest licensee, Estée Lauder for fragrances. Other licensees are Fossil for watches, Hanes for underwear and hosiery, and Luxottica for eyewear. These products can be sold at Macy’s, in addition to other department and specialty stores. Eventually, Goldfarb expects there will be an exclusive men’s DKNY sportswear department at Macy’s, as well. G-III plans to manufacture DKNY Jeans for Macy’s too. While G-III generates under $75 million in licensing revenues, Goldfarb said that the best part of the DKI acquisition “was the licensing revenue.”
In addition to Macy’s in-store shops, DKNY products can be double-exposed in other departments, such as dresses, performance and coats.
G-III will be distributing DKNY overseas as well. There are global distributors and multibranded retailers where DKNY product is sold. The brand’s international boutiques will have the choice to buy into the broader global line or the product assortment that will be available in the U.S. for Macy’s.
The ceo said Donna Karan and DKNY will create separate branded ad campaigns, developed by Laird + Partners. There will also be classification campaigns, such as the one launched recently for DKNY intimate apparel where Emily Ratajkowski is walking her dog in DKNY lingerie (produced by Hanes). Goldfarb said Trey Laird, chairman and chief creative officer of Laird + Partners, came to his attention because he did the advertising for Karl Lagerfeld Paris, another brand that G-III does. Laird earlier worked in-house at Karan and continued to handle the designer’s campaigns after he went out on his own. “When we looked at the archives it was sensational. We decided to abandon our in-house initiatives and go with Trey,” said Goldfarb. Once the in-store shops are in place at Macy’s, Goldfarb said there will be co-op advertising, and Laird will do the creative.
For the most part, Goldfarb has hired new people for the DKNY and Donna Karan businesses. “There were some wonderful people [at DKI] who were positioned for the luxury sector and marketing primarily to Europe and Southeast Asia. They were a little negligent to how they addressed the U.S. market. The focus for LVMH was different parts of the world,” he said. DKNY headquarters at 240 West 40th Street is currently filled with the staff. “It’s mostly new hires and some of the old people,” he said.
Goldfarb believes that DKNY can easily be a business generating “north of $1 billion in the next three to four years.” He said Donna Karan could perhaps do $500 million within five years. “DKNY has a head start from Macy’s,” he said.
Other plans include opening DKNY performance stores in the first quarter of next year. “I need to find a solution for the sportswear. We know the solution for the performance piece,” he said. He has done very well with Calvin Klein performance stores. They have 48 stores in China that they sold back to PVH and have four in the U.S.
While Wall Street wasn’t enthusiastic about the price G-III paid LVMH for DKI (G-III’s shares have declined 22 percent since the beginning of the year to last week, and the stock has dropped 50 percent in the last 12 months), Goldfarb believes the DKNY and Donna Karan brands have tremendous upside potential. Calling it a “trophy brand” at the time of the acquisition, Goldfarb remains a great believer in the brands’ future.
“I think I paid a very fair price for many reasons,” said Goldfarb. “It suited our future. It was a solution for more permanence in this industry.”
Previously G-III was primarily dependent on licenses from brands ranging from Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger to Ivanka Trump and Vince Camuto. “This [DKI] gave us security that this company can exist for generations,” he said.
G-III is approaching $3 billion in sales this year. “Without maturation of Donna Karan and DKNY we’re well on our way to do that. We have an initiative that will bring Tommy to a number that’s north of $500 million in the next three years, and Calvin Klein is over $1 billion,” he said. Both Hilfiger and Klein women’s wear are licensed businesses of G-III.
Goldfarb made clear that G-III has a model that’s “clearly not LVMH’s model.”
“We took one of the premier brands in the world and clearly one of the premium brands in the U.S., and were able to buy it,” he said.
It is widely believed that there are several American apparel brands where only first names are necessary, and he believes them to be Ralph, Donna, Calvin and Tommy. “To be able to buy one of the four and license two of the four adds to three that we have control of,” said Goldfarb.
Turning to other businesses at G-III, he said that freestanding retail is a trouble spot for the company. “Right now, we’re rightsizing the entire fleet,” he said. He noted that the component of their business that is driven by outlet stores — G.H. Bass and Wilson’s — isn’t doing well.
“We’re closing approximately 60 stores this year. Wilson’s is a third men’s outerwear, a third women’s outerwear and a third accessories and is multibrand. Calvin Klein, Guess and other brands are carried. It’s all outlet. Traffic is not doing well for us. It’s a troubled area for us. We recently repurposed a couple of GH Bass and Wilson’s stores to Karl Lagerfeld and they’re doing well under Lagerfeld (they are outlet stores),” he said. “This year, at a minimum, we’ll be down 20 percent in door count.”
DKNY outlet stores haven’t been doing well and “aren’t commercial enough,” but he is eager to test out the new product.
Although traffic is down in stores, Goldfarb said the company’s wholesale business is picking up market share. “We’re very comfortable living in the department store world. There’s not a department store that doesn’t have an online site to support the brand. They all do,” he said.
Goldfarb gave a quick snapshot of how his other brands were performing:
- Calvin Klein “is doing amazing,” said Goldfarb. “It’s one of the larger women’s apparel brands in the country and posts double-digit increases every year.” Despite the fact that Kevin Carrigan left Calvin Klein Inc. as global creative director where he was responsible for ck Calvin Klein, Calvin Klein Jeans and Calvin Klein White Label, Goldfarb said it won’t have an impact on his Calvin Klein business. “We design it. Kevin didn’t work for me. We have a design department composed of 50 people. We design by classifications by brand,” he said, noting that the knitwear designer at Calvin Klein is not designing the knitwear for DKNY. “The business units operate as individual business units. The shared part is the back office and sourcing,” said Goldfarb. Carrigan has joined competitor Ralph Lauren where he’s senior vice president, creative director, women’s Lauren and Chaps brands.
- Hilfiger women’s apparel, which G-III started making this spring, “looks good and is retailing really well.” G-III makes all the women’s apparel, except for the Tommy-Gigi piece that’s manufactured by PVH Corp.
- The Karl Lagerfeld Paris business is “doing very well,” he said. The collection is sold in such stores as Lord & Taylor, The Bay, Nordstrom and Bloomingdale’s. “It’s in all the classifications, including footwear,” he said. G-III owns 49 percent of Lagerfeld in North America, and 20 percent of the global business, excluding China.
- G-III is opening more stores for Vilebrequin, the upscale swimwear label that it owns. There are 80 company-owned stores and 80 franchised units. The company just launched men’s Vilebrequin ready-to-wear in 31 doors of Saks Fifth Avenue. The company also produces women’s swimwear, cover-ups and some accessories. It’s distributed to multibranded stores, mostly in Europe.
- The Ivanka Trump business, a brand that’s been in the news lately as some stores have exited the business, “is selling well,” said Goldfarb.
- G-III sells some of its brands on Amazon, such as Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger. “We are just beginning to do private label for Amazon with their own registered brands, mostly dresses,” he said.
- The company’s Andrew Marc brand, which is directly owned, has done well with coats and a growing performance brand. “We tried doing dresses with Andrew Marc and they did not succeed,” he said. He said that they derive some licensing royalty from the Andrew Marc brand and have an online site. It’s dual-gender, and it’s two brands: Marc New York for Macy’s and Lord & Taylor, and Andrew Marc for Neiman’s, Saks and Nordstrom.
- The team apparel business, which includes NBA and NFL team apparel, is “doing well.” “They always do well. They’re generally stable. There’s the concern about Sears leaving retail and how it will affect us. It will affect us to some degree. Our challenge is to figure it out. We generally do. We’ve changed this model so many times.”
Goldfarb said that for the first time, he has the right to do e-commerce for several of his brands (Lagerfeld Paris, Vilebrequin, DKNY and Bass). Lagerfeld has just launched e-commerce, and Karan “is in a rebuild mode. It exists right now, but it’s a small business and we’re improving on it.” Two of his other main brands, Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger, aren’t owned by G-III so he doesn’t do their e-commerce.
Asked if his goal is to own more brands these days, he said, “My goal is to improve upon every asset we have. We have more than enough to build north of a $5 billion business in the next three years.”
Finally, when questioned when DKI will be accretive to earnings, Goldfarb said that’s a tough call. He said it’s not the trophy brand at this moment, but should be accretive soon. “During year two we expect this acquisition to turn accretive for us,” he said.


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ASK Hemant Phul where he lives, and you won’t get an entirely accurate answer.
“I invariably say I live in New York City,” says the owner of the Earth NYC nightclub in Chelsea. “That’s when they pry, and they say, ‘Where in Manhattan?'”
That’s where the smoke and mirrors come in. ” ‘Well, it’s not exactly Manhattan,’ I say. ‘It’s the other side of Manhattan.’ “
To say the least. Phul and his wife, Bhavana, have just moved into a $700,000-plus, two-bedroom condo in the massive, mixed-used Gull’s Cove development – in Jersey City.
But Phul is on to something when he says it’s the “other side of Manhattan.” Geographically speaking, the Jersey waterfront is a heck of a lot closer to Manhattan than, say, Park Slope. And even as the broader real-estate market looks wobbly, New Jersey’s Gold Coast – located directly across from New York City on the Hudson River – has seen thousands of condos, rentals and townhouses steadily hitting the market. And units here have sold well, despite prices that are very high by New Jersey standards.
Numerous new luxury buildings in Jersey City and Hoboken have been luring buyers like the Phuls into choosing Jersey apartments over similarly priced units in areas like Brooklyn and Manhattan’s Financial District. And if you look at the major projects that have risen along the Jersey waterfront in the last few years, you’ll find brisk sales and few price reductions.
Last year, for example, the still unfinished 77 Hudson in Jersey City set a state record when it sold a $6 million combined condo unit. The Beacon development, also in Jersey City, has sold 90 percent of the apartments in the first two of its five buildings (the third went on the market last weekend with units starting at $340,000 and going up to $2.1 million).
The W Hoboken, which is part-condo, part-hotel, sold all 40 of its condos at around $1,100 per square foot. Also in Hoboken, Hudson Tea (with one-bedroom units starting at $475,000 and duplexes going as high as $2.3 million) has sold more than 90 percent of its units in the two buildings that have been released. Down the road at Maxwell Place (with prices from $600 to $1,350 per square foot), its entire first building sold out and the second, 372-unit phase, including 10 townhouses, is more than 90 percent sold.
While sales might not be as swift as they were in 2004 and 2005, “Our 2008 prices are significantly higher than 2004 or 2005,” says Benjamin Jogodnik, senior vice president at Toll Brothers, which is building Maxwell Place and Hudson Tea. “We have had no price reductions.”
In addition to New York-level pricing, “There are top architects and designers like Andres Escobar and Costas Kondylis and Rem Koolhaas,” says Jackie Urgo, president of the Marketing Directors, which is selling Trump Plaza Jersey City.
The 55-story Trump Plaza tower, the tallest residential building in New Jersey, has sold 385 of its 444 units, with some units going for more than $1,000 per square foot and prices averaging more than $700 per square foot. Another Trump Plaza Jersey City building, with around 400 units, is planned.
And Trump Plaza is just one of the big boys on the block. Both Kondylis and Escobar had a hand in Jersey City’s 50 Columbus, a fully leased 400-unit rental development; Koolhaas is working on a 1.2 million-square-foot mixed-use project at 111 First St. in Jersey City.
But those are small compared to enormous projects like the Upper Grand in Hoboken, a mix of rentals and condos that constitute 15 different buildings and 2,500 homes on 32 acres.
And there’s Liberty Harbor and Port Imperial, which are as much planned neighborhoods as they are developments. Liberty Harbor will include 7,000 to 10,000 homes over 80 acres of Jersey City; Port Imperial sprawls from Weehawken to West New York and has upscale developments within the development like Henley on Hudson, which has one- and two-bedrooms starting at $499,000 and townhouses priced up to $3 million; and 55 Riverwalk Place, with 348 luxury rentals starting at $1,970 for a studio.
So how has the Jersey waterfront managed to keep its head above water? Part of the reason is that cheaper land has allowed developers to throw in all sorts of extras. Many projects are right along the water, and many have retail and restaurant space. Buyers simply get more for their money here.
But it’s also important to note that while buildings like Trump Plaza, the W and the Beacon have done well, they were all set in motion long before the credit crunch hit.
“Credit’s very tight right now,” says David Barry, the president of Applied Development Company, which developed the W Hoboken. “I think [the W] sold for very fair value. But, obviously, I’m happy we sold them a year ago and not today.”
Nevertheless, Phul isn’t worried about a downturn.
“For Gull’s Cove, if everything goes well, there’s going to be 750,000 square feet of retail space; it’s like a completely planned neighborhood,” he says. “I only see this place appreciating . . . it’s a long-term investment.”
And maybe in a few years, he won’t be embarrassed telling people where he lives.


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Fendi is paving the way for a new catwalk experience as it plans to broadcast its fall show live on Thursday with cameras installed on drones flying over the runway. The luxury house is collaborating with the creative department of Google; the drones are powered by Parrot.
Viewers will be able to connect to fendi.com and choose the “classic” view or the aerial shots captured by the flying “Drone Cam.” After the show, users will be able to replay the video on demand with the “Drone Cam” footage.
“The main reason for doing this is to be able to offer impressive images and an experience that even surpasses being at the actual show,” a proud Pietro Beccari, president and chief executive officer of Fendi, told WWD. He called this “an unprecedented event in the fashion world.”
Fendi is also reaching out to “hundreds of thousands of individuals that are eager to see the collection” that can’t physically be at the location. In particular, the company is investing in the development of its digital content to speak to a younger customer base, added Beccari.
Four or more drones will fly above the heads of the models but will not be disruptive, Beccari assured. “They are small, and we will increasingly get used to such technology,” he said.
Special content, including the exclusive “making of” video of the project, will also be available in the days after the show.


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Sherry Enjoys A Revival
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Sherry, the unfashionable fortified wine, is enjoying a major revival, according to sales figures.
Often dismissed as a tipple enjoyed by grandmothers at Christmas, sherry is flying off the shelves and appearing on the menus of an increasing number of restaurants, as well as being championed by celebrity chefs.
Wine experts said they were thrilled by the renaissance of the Spanish drink, proving that British consumers were becoming ever more adventurous.
According to Marks & Spencer, sales of sherry have increased by 18 per cent compared with a year ago, mostly driven by younger drinkers. Other wine merchants reported that they too were selling far more of the drink than in the last couple of decades.


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Waltonchain Price Plummets Amidst Accusations of Rigged Valentines Giveaway Scam
The cryptocurrency community is currently awash with accusations of fraud directed at supply chain blockchain platform Waltonchain, who stands accused of orchestrating a fake Valentine’s day giveaway as evidenced in a Tweet posted from their account earlier this week.
Waltonchain announced a Valentine’s day giveaway on the 8th of February, promising an automatic contest-entry to anybody that retweeted the official campaign tweet a share in 565 WTC, split between 214 winners:
“Qualifying participants will be selected randomly by application to receive 2.14 WTC. Furthermore, 5 lucky winners will be selected from these 214 winners to receive extra 21.4 WTC”
The promotion ran until the 27th of February and appeared to be a fairly standard promotional scheme — until one of the “lucky winners” took to Waltonchain’s own Twitter account to celebrate their good fortune in sharing in the prize pool.
As illustrated in the now-deleted tweet, the “Waltonchain employee” that apparently won a share of WTC “forgot” to log out of the company Twitter account and into their own before posting their celebratory tweet, which is the narrative that Waltonchain has now staunchly adopted in response to widespread criticism.
Waltonchain has since released an official response to the blunder, claiming that winners of the event were selected at random with a script that included a Waltonchain employee as one of the winners.
While Waltonchain has released a video of the script in action selecting winners and stated that the employee’s winnings have since been canceled, conspiracy theories regarding the strange tweet abound.
— Waltonchain (@Waltonchain) March 1, 2018
Users of popular blockchain news Reddit forum r/cryptocurrency have gone so far as to accuse Waltonchain of fabricating the entire competition, unearthing examples of Waltonchain Twitter bot accounts that have since been disabled — but are still available to view in an archived form.
The cryptocurrency community has adopted the perspective that the entire competition was likely a farce, with most — if not all — of the winnings being redistributed directly back into Waltonchain’s own pocket. There is no concrete evidence of any such foul play, but the existence of several Twitter bots don’t help to reinforce Waltonchain’s stance on the erroneous tweet.
Unsurprisingly, the value of WTC has plummeted due to the scandal, briefly dropping down by $2 before correcting slightly after Waltonchain’s explanatory statement.
While many investors appear to be satisfied with Waltonchain’s explanation for the mishap, the fact that the same employee that “won” the competition was the same that had access to the Waltonchain Twitter is highly suspect.
The narrative presented by Waltonchain is convoluted — Occam’s razor dictates that the simplest solution is the most likely.
Regardless of whether the competition was rigged or not, it’s obvious that Waltonchain employees should have been precluded from entering the competition before the event launched. With so many scams and fraudulent platforms present in the cryptocurrency ecosystem, Waltonchain’s blunder is a costly high-profile error that will severely erode investor confidence in the platform for some time.


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Bucks County Baseball Co. was recently featured in the Season Two of the Small Business Revolution episode on Annabella's Italian Restaurant.
Jim Lutz and Annabella's owner Bobby Angelaccio go way back and in this episode they share memories from their days of playing youth sports in Bristol Borough. "We are honored to be part of Season Two of the Small Business Revolution and would like to thank the entire Deluxe team for all of their support" said Lutz.
In Season Two, marketing expert Amanda Brinkman with celebrity entrepreneur Robert Herjavec, a host of small business experts, and marketing gurus from Deluxe help the town of Bristol Borough and six small businesses. Eight episodes will showcase these life-changing transformations to create a truly remarkable series that educates and entertains.
To view the complete series of Small Business Revolution Season 2 click here.


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The Chinese Smartphone manufacturer Xiaomi has now made the new Mi 5X smartphone official in China. This particular smartphone was spotted in the news, a few times and we already knew pretty much everything about this smartphone before its launch. However, now the company has made it official and we also know the pricing at it which it will be available. The Mi 5X smartphone is priced at CNY 1,499 in China and you can get it in Gold, Black, and Rose Gold color options.
Speaking about the smartphone specs, the Mi 5x sports a 5.5-inch 1080p display on the front, meaning it has a resolution of 1980 x 1080 pixels. Internally, it is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 SoC, which is coupled with 4GB of RAM. This variant also has 64GB of internal storage out of the box. Xiaomi is definitely going for a mid-ranged smartphone with this one.
The interesting feature of this smartphone is, however, the dual rear camera setup. This setup is the exact same one which the company fitted on the Mi 6 smartphone which they launched a couple of months back. However, that is the one thing which resembles the Mi 6, since the Mi 5x looks nothing like the Mi 6. In terms of the design, there is an interesting choice being made here. On the front, there are huge bezels to the bottom, but the fingerprint scanner still sits at the back of the device.
In terms of the software, the Mi 5X smartphone is running on Android 7.0 Nougat based MIUI 9. This is essentially the first smartphone to be running on this latest software out of the box. The MIUI 9 brings in a lot of new improvements Smart Assistant, built-in Image Search, etc. Now, talking about the battery inside this smartphone, the Mi 5X is kept powered by a 3,080mAh battery which should be good enough to at least keep the lights on for at least a day.
As mentioned earlier, the smartphone is launched in China and it is priced at CNY 1,499. If in case you are interested in buying this new smartphone, then you can do so by heading over to the company’s official website. As of now, there is no info regarding the launch of this particular smartphone in India.


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With a reputation for quality hydraulic attachments, Robustrack sees Eurocomach excavators, fitted with dedicated auxiliary pump, as offering the perfect synergy between machine and attachment.
David Cerca, co-founder of Robustrack, said "We have been looking for an excavator that can offer the best experience for our customers. Eurocomach machines deliver the optimum performance when it comes to hydraulic attachments."
‘Made in Italy’ is a big part of Robustrack’s brand. The directors have Anglo-Italian roots and have been offering a gateway between Italian machinery and the UK since 2012. There has been increasing demand for these more specialised Eurocomach machines and the companies are delighted to announce their collaboration in the UK market.
Bobby Heslop, Robustrack’s head of marketing, said "Our machines will be BLACK, visually distinguishing them and giving owners a unique looking [as well as performing] machine."